Visceral Black Tape Wrapped Ball old wooden decoy head titled "Courtship of Jonathan Peas

titled "Courtship of Jonathan Peas and Sally Marrowfat" (

especially their labels

I've developed quite a weakness for old handmade needle books

There is a split in one side of the cage as pictured

definitely Dutch

Visceral Black Tape Wrapped Ball old wooden decoy head titled "Courtship of Jonathan PeasI didn't know what this curious ball was when I found it, but have learned that sometimes when the leather skin came off a softball, people would wrap the center in black cloth tape like this. To me it's like a more visceral version of a rag ball, wounded and wound, looking almost as if coated in tar and with the salvaged core peeking out here and there. Quite an evocative thing I think. Approx 3" in diameter and tightly wrapped.